OHMYGOSSIP — Patsy Kensit has been hospitalised with pneumonia.
The ‘EastEnders’ star offered her gratitude to the NHS “heroes” looking after her as the actress revealed she was forced to skip a skiing holiday due to her illness.
The 54-year-old actress wrote on Instagram: “No skiing for me as I’ve got pneumonia – so spa and steam and thermals up to my eyeballs…
“Thank you to the amazing NHS for taking care of me on the 29th of December at A+E in Southport you are the true hero’s of this planet. Health is paramount! (sic)”
Recently, the former ‘Emmerdale’ star labelled her upcoming role as ‘EastEnders’ character Emma Harding, the mother of Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold), as a “dream”.
Patsy said: “I’m so excited to be visiting Walford for this storyline. It has always been a dream of mine to appear in ‘EastEnders’.
“The cast, producers, writers and crew have been wonderful, and I’ve had a ball. Thank you so much for having me.”
In 2019, Patsy – who has son Lennon, 23, with her Oasis star ex Liam Gallagher and son James, 29, with her Simple Minds ex Jim Kerr – detailed her desire to follow the late Dame Barbara Windsor’s “strong matriarch” footsteps to the soap.
She said: “I’d love to do ‘EastEnders’, my father was involved in organised crime in the East End, so I grew up around villains and that kind of backdrop. I can pull a pint and say, ‘You’re barred’.
“I do think that! I’m not insulting Barbara Windsor because I think she’s so wonderful. But I’d like to play a really strong matriarch.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ant and Dec have trademarked their hit game show ‘Limitless Win’.
The TV presenting duo could be set to release the likes of computer games, books, and puzzles with the popular ITV programme’s name and branding.
According to the Daily Mirror newspaper, the ‘I’m A Celebrity’ co-hosts’ production company Mitre Studios Ltd lodged an application with the Intellectual Property Office, and it has now been passed, giving them legal protection for the next 10 years.
But they will not be creating any ‘Limitless Win’ gambling applications.
A spokesman for the duo said: “‘Ant and Dec’s Limitless Win’ will not be creating gambling machines, phone betting apps, lottery scratch cards, bingo games or any gambling applications based on the programme.”
‘Ant and Dec’s Limitless Win’ – in which contestants answer questions correctly to climb an endless money ladder, or answer incorrectly and lose everything – will return for a second series on Saturday (07.01.23).
Last February, the show was commissioned for a second series while the first season was still on air.
Ant McPartlin said at the time: “We are thrilled that ‘Limitless Win’ has been a hit with the viewers and is coming back for more.
“We’re beyond excited to be able do it all over again and we can’t wait to find new contestants to play the first TV show with a limitless jackpot!”
Declan Donnelly added: “We’re already preparing ourselves for another series of nail-biting drama, jeopardy and tension as we present more questions you can’t help but Google!
“We’re expecting more, and higher, dizzying climbs up the Limitless money ladder. We can’t wait.”
The first two episodes of the show saw big wins, with NHS workers Will and Kathryn taking away £500,000 and father and son Tony and Zee closely following with £250,000.
Katie Rawcliffe, ITV Head of Entertainment Commissioning, said: “‘Ant Dec’s Limitless Win’ has quickly become an audience favourite, with families up and down the country playing along from home- from searching their kitchen cupboards to identify the length of a Pringles tube to Googling the width of Michael Jordan’s handspan.
“It was a no-brainer to have the high stakes game show return.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Nitin Ganatra says soaps have a “problem” competing against wealthy streaming giants.
The former ‘EastEnders’ star – who is best known for playing Masood Ahmed in the BBC One soap on and off from 2007 to 2019 – hopes the residents of Walford will be around for years to come, but believes it will become even tougher to compete against the likes of moneybags streamers, such as Apple TV and Netflix.
He said: “Soaps are dramas and I’d like to think they will continue.
“But the problem they have got is they’re competing with the money.
“The money is Apple TV, Netflix, Hulu, and all of these new streaming channels.”
Nitin thinks soaps need to “increase the quality and increase the intrigue” if they are to hold off the competition from streaming giants.
He added to The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column: “Of course, these shows on streaming giants haven’t been going for 35 years, four times a week, like the soaps.
“But with soaps, I think you have to increase the quality and increase the intrigue.
“You have to make it look gorgeous because dramas on Netflix, even low-budget, look beautiful. They look stunning.”
Masood was last seen in Albert Square in February 2019 when he swapped Walford for Australia, and eight months later Nitin admitted there is “still much to find” in his character.
He said: “Masood is lovely, I love him. I think there is still much to find in him.
“I have a lot of respect for ‘EastEnders’ and the way they really work hard at producing stories that keep people interested.
“So who knows? One day I’ll go back, if they want me.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Lorraine Kelly underwent keyhole surgery on her shoulder over the festive period.
The ‘Lorraine’ presenter admitted she had a “really quiet” Christmas and new year because she was recovering after going under the knife, but insisted she is “all fine”.
She said: “I had the most quiet one ever as I had a wee operation on my shoulder, it’s been annoying me for ages.
“Thank you to Professor Levy and his brilliant team because, oh my goodness, keyhole surgery is incredible.
“I just had to remove some calcification and a little bit of bone and, yeah, I’m doing my physio and I’m all fine. But we had a really quiet one at Christmas and New Year.”
The 63-year-old star has been doing recovery exercises, and admitted she is “getting there”.
Asked by Dr Hilary Jones if she had a little drink “for the pain”, she said: “Yes, you said it was alright to have one or two.
“I was actually very, very well behaved and I’m fine and I’m doing lots of different exercises, I’m getting there.
“How amazing is keyhole surgery? It’s extraordinary.”
Lorraine also thanked her husband Steve Smith, and daughter Rosie Smith, 28, for looking after her.
Speaking on her ITV show, she said: “Rosie and Steve looked after me and Rosie obviously takes after me in the cooking department, not.”
In 2012, Lorraine nearly died when she suffered a horse riding accident after falling from an equine, leaving her with a deep wound in her thigh.
She said at the time: “A couple of millimetres one side or another then the artery would have gone. I would have died.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Richard Madeley was struck down by a month-long “superbug” in December.
The 66-year-old TV presenter has never felt like he did over Christmas, and believes there could be a new strain of coronavirus around.
Speaking on ‘Good Morning Britain’ – while guest hosting the ITV show alongside Susanna Reid – he said: “I had that [superbug] all Christmas for a month, never had anything like it before. In fact, I’m beginning to wonder if there’s a new strain of COVID going around.
“I took a test every week, it was always negative, but I can’t help thinking that’s what I had.”
Last month, Richard suffered a nasty fall after tripping in icy conditions, as he headed to Whiston Hospital in Prescot, Merseyside, to film a special ‘Good Morning Britain’ episode about the struggling NHS.
But fortunately, Richard recovered in time to co-host ‘GMB’ from the hospital alongside Kate Garraway.
He told viewers at the time: “I fell over this morning getting out of the car, a full-on fall!”
Kate then said: “Richard nearly didn’t make it on air. It was very tense.”
Richard added: “A lot of people walking into hospitals all over the country where it’s freezing cold with fall accidents.
“That is really pushing the pressure up.”
Richard took part in ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ in 2021, but he was forced to leave the show early after he left the COVID-19 secure bubble of Gwrych Castle in Wales – where the show took place when Australia was out of bounds due to coronavirus travel restrictions – to go to hospital for medical attention.
The star later insisted he was as “fit as a fiddle”.
Just days afterwards, he told co-hosts Ant and Dec: “I feel as fit as a fiddle and I am fit as a fiddle. And you know if it wasn’t for COVID I’d be back there sort of eating rice and beans.
“I had to leave… it’s a COVID situation. It’s still biting our bums isn’t it? What happened was, I had just a funny little turn quite sort of late in the morning.
“ITV are so good with duty of care. They were adamant. They said ‘No, we have to make sure that you’re OK.’ I said, ‘But I am OK.’ They said, ‘We have to make sure.’ So I went to the local hospital – I was only in there for about an hour and a half – I was given really thorough checks and I was given a completely clean bill of health, I’m absolutely fine. No matter what you might have read, I’m absolutely fine.
“But I did hang on after I was discharged for about 20 minutes because I went to the canteen, seriously, and had a bacon butty. That was my first port of call for a bacon butty. And a huge cup of tea, it was amazing.
“I ate hospital food, exactly. I’m absolutely fine. As I say, if it wasn’t for Covid, I’d still be in the game. I’m gutted. I’m gutted, I really am.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — TV producers are to search for a real-life Basil Fawlty in an upcoming reality show.
The new series, which currently has the working title ‘Hotel Boss’, will look for the country’s best hotel managers, and in doing so will uncover some of the worst in the process.
Cynical and snobbish hotelier Basil Fawlty was a fictional character played by John Cleese in iconic British sitcom ‘Fawlty Towers’.
An insider told The Sun newspaper’s TV Biz column: “The new programme, which has the working title of ‘Hotel Boss’, will put wannabe winners through their paces with a series of challenges, to see if they can deliver five-star service to some tricky customers.
“Some will appear triumphant while others are likely, if not expected, to fail miserably. Either way, it promises to be great entertainment.
“And it can’t fail to conjure up hilarious memories of Basil, who will go down as one of the worst hotel bosses in history.”
TV production company South Shore is behind the pilot, and is also the brains behind shows such as ITV’s ‘Cooking with the Stars’.
The pilot is yet to be filmed, but if successful it is though ITV and Channel 4 could both be keen to snap it up.
‘Fawlty Towers’, which was written by John and Connie Booth, was broadcast on BBC Two from 1975 to 1979 with 12 episodes airing across two series.
In 2019, it was named the best British sitcom of all time by a panel of comedy experts compiled by the Radio Times magazine.

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OHMYGOSSIP — This Morning’s Deidre Sanders’ husband died last month.
The agony aunt was awarded an MBE for her services to charity and mental health in the New Year Honours List, and she appeared on the show to speak about the recognition, but admitted it was tinged with sadness because her significant other Rick, Deidre’s husband of 55 years, passed away just before Christmas.
However, Deidre was pleased she was able to share her MBE news with Rick before his death.
She said: “A special thing for me, a lot of you know my husband died just before Christmas on 16th December, but this call came through a week before he died, so that was really, really special for me.
“I went and got the email and I could share it with him and say what had happened.
“I was with Rick for 55 years so it was really great. He was always a great tease, so he had to get in a few digs first, but he did the next day tell my daughter and tell me just how proud he was so that was really, extra special.”
Deidre admitted her MBE would’ve always felt “bittersweet” if she had received the news after his passing.
Speaking on ‘This Morning’, she added: “It was lovely that we could share that, I think had he died before I got that news, it would have always just been a bittersweet thing so it’s lovely that we could share that.”
She also advised viewers: “I think the important message I want to get across is that we’ve all got problems at some point in our lives.
“Nobody is immune to problems and it’s OK to ask for help, it’s really important to ask for help. You do those around you a favour if you ask for help so that’s one of the great messages I’m happy to get across…”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Love Island’ star Jacques O’Neill was rushed to hospital after fracturing his foot.
The reality star, 23, took to Instagram on Monday (02.01.23) to share a picture of his leg propped up in a brace on a table.
He wrote in the caption: “Was hoping for a better 2023, but starting the year with a fractured foot. Heads gone. (sic)”
The reality star entered the ‘Love Island’ villa on day seven of the show last summer, but he chose to leave the island after 30 days to focus on his mental health after admitting he hadn’t been feeling himself on the ITV2 show.
After departing the programme, Jacques described his stint on the show as one of the “worst decisions of his life” after he was faced with backlash for kissing Cheyanne Kerr during the Casa Amor stage of the show, despite being coupled up with paramedic Paige Thorne at the time.
Just before his departure, Jacques’ family revealed he was diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) as a child.
The rugby league player later admitted he was frustrated to find out this had become public knowledge, but it ended up being a blessing in disguise.
He said: “When I got out, I was so ready to delete that, I was so angry with my mum. I was like, ‘Why have you put that out? It’s looking like an excuse for my behaviour.’
“With me I’m very like … I deal with everything, it’s not about ADHD. We struggle, people with ADHD will understand me, we struggle a lot different to someone without ADHD.”
After initially being sent death threats, he was then inundated with messages of support following his diagnosis.
He added: “When I first came out, it was very different for me. I was scared, very scared of life and what was to come next for me.
“When I was in that holding villa after I left, I just wanted my mum, all I wanted to do was just be with my mum and just go into hiding. I was getting so much hate, me and my mum were getting death threats and everything.
“I started getting loads of people contacting me and saying I’m an inspiration with the ADHD side and a bit of a role model.
“I was getting fully grown men messaging me saying, ‘Love you, you’re an inspiration,’ I was overwhelmed with it all.
“If it wasn’t for the people supporting me or giving me that love, I’d be in such a bad place, I can’t thank them enough really.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kym Marsh’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ stint taught her to give herself “more credit”.
The former ‘Coronation Street’ star took part in the latest series of the BBC Latin and ballroom show alongside pro partner Graziano di Prima, and she was eliminated during the quarter finals in musical week.
Recalling her time on the programme, Kym said: “I learned new skills, new things about myself, lost a fair bit of weight and met some amazing people.
“I never saw myself as some-one who was up there with the best dancers, but the whole experience taught me to give myself more credit.
“I’m proud of what I achieved. I’ve always been open about my struggles with anxiety, and there were times on set where it threatened to take hold. I was nervous but discovered I could beat it and take control.
“That’s the lesson I’ll cherish most. I’ve realised how far I’m able to push myself and overcome things I might think I’m too weak to do.”
Kym – who has children, David, 27, and Emilie, 26, with ex Dave Cunliffe and Polly, 11, with ex-husband Jamie Lomas – wants to continue setting a good example for her children by working hard.
She added to Prima magazine: “I want to keep working hard, setting a good example to my kids and spending time with my grand-children.
“The past few years have been about setting my sights high and challenging myself – and I’m going to continue to do that. I want to keep testing my limits and proving my capabilities.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jacqueline Jossa is set to return to ‘EastEnders’.
Earlier this month, the 30-year-old actress briefly reprised her role as Lauren Branning for the first time since leaving the soap in 2018, when her character returned for Dot Cotton’s funeral, and Jacqueline is reportedly keen to make a permanent comeback.
It has been revealed that Jacqueline had a meeting with executive producer Chris Clenshaw about Lauren’s return to Albert Square.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Jacqueline hugely enjoyed reprising her role as Lauren for Dot’s funeral. ‘EastEnders’ was a huge part of her life and she absolutely loves her character.
“She had a conversation with ‘EastEnders’ boss Chris Clenshaw when she was back filming and made it clear she would be up for Lauren returning to Walford.
“Naturally it all depends on storylines and obviously Jacqueline would need to make it fit around her family life.
“But her two daughters are older now and going back on set made her realise just how much she missed ‘EastEnders’.
“She hopes that something can be rustled up for Lauren and that she can return full time at some point in the future.”
Jacqueline – who has two children with her husband Dan Osbourne – recently revealed she was nervous about returning to set.
She said: “I was really nervous because, no matter what, it’s always such a big thing to be at ‘EastEnders’. But when I got there, it didn’t feel like anything had changed. It just felt like being back at home. The two episodes are very emotional from top to bottom because there are so many layers.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Stacey Solomon is eight months pregnant.
The 33-year-old star revealed earlier this week that she and husband Joe Swash are expecting another baby and now she’s admitted she will give birth next month after not finding out she was expecting until she was “a lot further along” than when “you usually tell people” but still wanting time to enjoy the news in private first.
She wrote on Instagram: “Coming soon… Much sooner than we thought.
“When we found out we still wanted to have that first few months you usually would to adjust and get excited and enjoy it to ourselves, but that didn’t leave us with very long left.
“So this time next month we will be getting ready to say hello to a whole new pickle… So grateful.
“While we had some time off we thought we better take some memories before it’s too late.”
The ‘Loose Women’ star – who has Zachery, 14, and Leighton, 10, from previous relationships and Rex, three, and 14-month-old Rose with Joe, as well as being stepmother to her husband’s 15-year-old son Harry – had earlier admitted her pregnancy had come as a “real surprise”.
She said in a video message thanking fans for their wellwishes: “Hello everyone, I just wanted to come on here and say thank you for all your lovely messages. Your comments and everything, I’ve been reading through them, they’re just so nice.
“Sorry I’ve been so quiet I’ve just been trying to spend as much time as possible with this lot,’ as she pans the camera to one of her little ones playing with a toy.
“So me and Joe got a couple of days off for Christmas and New Years, and we just try and give them loads of attention but I just wanted to say thank you so much – you’re honestly so lovely and so kind.
“We actually found out way later than we would usually, so we’re a lot further along than when you would usually tell people!
“So we are really, really nervous and it was a real surprise but we’re so grateful and really excited for what’s to come!(sic)”
Stacey also dismissed speculation from fans that she knew she was pregnant when she and the former ‘EastEnders’ star got married in July.
She wrote in the comments: “For those saying you knew when we got married, well you could have let us know Poirot.”

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